First, it is worth noting that the desire to rebel exists solely among human beings. There is no such phenomenon in the animal world. There are struggles that establish hierarchy, determine who is stronger, and create order, but nature manages everything through instinctive drives.

At the beginning of its formation, the people of Israel emerged as a result of a spiritual revolution. It was a group of pioneers who gathered around a unique idea that distinguished them from the rest of humanity. Abraham the Babylonian stood at their head after discovering that there is a single force operating throughout nature, whose quality is pure love and bestowal. Accordingly, the highest goal in human development is the unity of all things, and its practical expression is connection and mutual complementarity among all people.

At that time, life in the Mesopotamian region was materially organized, but human relationships were deteriorating. People stopped understanding one another and caring for each other. Egoistic struggle became the code by which people lived. Abraham’s students could not agree with this trend because they learned from him that the human ego grows not so that one person may build success upon another’s ruin, but in order to compel people to advance toward greater connection. Above........

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